The North Carolina Home Builders Association announced Wednesday the retirement of Assistant Executive Vice President and Director of Government Affairs, R. Paul Wilms, effective December 31. Wilms will be succeeded by Lisa D. Martin who has served as NCHBA’s Director of Regulatory Affairs since 2001. Wilms will continue to represent NCHBA as a legislative consultant in the 2009 Session of the General Assembly.
"NCHBA has become one of the most respected voices in the public policy arena because of the competence, integrity and professionalism that Paul has demonstrated during his 19-year tenure with us," said NCHBA Executive Vice President Mike Carpenter. "While Paul has set a high bar, we are confident that Lisa's talents and experience well prepare her to continue the tradition of excellence that our members and policymakers have come to expect from NCHBA."
Sergeant Joey Bozik and his wife Jayme were given the keys to a brand new home on October 27 as part of the project Operation: Coming Home, which honors war veterans with a brand new home. Now the couple is all settled into their new home and expecting a baby Dec. 24.
Bozik was injured in a mine explosion in Iraq in 2004, and as a result, lost parts of both legs and an arm. He is one of few surviving triple amputees.
Operation: Coming Home started as a collaborative effort between the Triangle Real Estate and Construction Veterans (TREACV) and The Military Veterans Task Force (MVTF), a special group formed through the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County. The group asked the Armed Forces Foundation (AFF) to identify a deserving soldier and Joey was selected to receive the group's first "Hero's Home."
The 2,600-square-foot home, located in Southern Oaks Community in Fuquay-Varina, was built and donated by the Royal Oaks Building Group and Atreus Homes and Communities. The land was donated by Gaines and Company and Royal Oaks Building Co. The HBA of Raleigh-Wake County gave a cash donation of $25,000, and the Triangle Builders Guild donated $10,000. Stock Building Supply donated all construction materials.
Please join the North Carolina Home Builders Association at the 4th Quarter Board Meeting and Installation to thank all of our 2008 officers for their year of dedicated service and welcome our new officers for 2009. The event will be held Dec. 10-11 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel, 4700 Emperor Blvd., Durham, NC 27703.
The first day will consist of committee meetings, and then the evening festivities begin with a welcome reception for NCHBA members at 6:00 p.m. Members will then enjoy a banquet dinner at 6:30 p.m. followed by the culmination of the evening -- the passing of the gavel from 2008 President Ray Rhodes of Sanford to 2009 President Frank Wiesner of Durham, the association's 45th president.
In addition to the installation of the new state officers, members of the North Carolina Professional Women in Building, trustees of the North Carolina Builder Institute and officers for the Local Executive Officers and Elected Secretaries will take their oaths of office, beginning a new year of service to the association. The evening will end with music and dancing.
The two-day event, which ends Dec. 11 with an 8:30 a.m. meeting of the Board of Directors, is a must for those members who want to keep abreast of issues facing North Carolina's building industry. Click here for the registration form.
Congratulations to the Wilmington-Cape Fear Home Builders Association Sales & Marketing Council for receiving the National Association of Home Builders First Place Membership Award given by the National Sales & Marketing Council. The award recognizes the WCFHBA Sales & Marketing Council for recruiting the most new members (18) for HBA Group Size 2 (50-99 members) during the National Membership Day competition earlier this year. Photo: Mark Johnson of Mark Johnson Custom Homes accepts the award from Frank Wiesner, 2009 NCHBA President, on behalf of the WCFHBA. Johnson is currently the chairman of the Sales & Marketing Council. Note: this article corrects information from last week's Monday Morning Briefing.
Bonded Builders Warranty Group will award a $35.00 gas gift card to members of North Carolina Home Builders Associations who bring in their first ever new member that is approved by your association. Along with the $35.00 gas card, we will provide a framed certificate of recognition printed on fine parchment paper.
Simply send Bonded Builders a list of names of recipients so you or Bonded Builders can give the award at your membership meeting. All they ask is that you let your members know the gas card is from Bonded Builders.
This promotion is simply designed to support local home builder associations and does not require builder participation in their programs. Any member of your association is eligible to receive this award when they bring in their first ever new member to your association.Others can also receive the award by bringing a paid new member application to a local golf tournament.Their recruit may also receive this award should they play in the same tournament.
To claim awards, please email () or fax (941-743-0534) the following information to Andi Lindberg at Bonded Builders Warranty Group:
• Your contact information
• Award recipient’s name and company name
• Name of HBA
• Name of HBA President
• The date by which you’d like to receive the award
Bonded Builders will make every effort to produce the award and send it to you – along with the gas gift card and frame – prior to the date you’d like to present it. When you receive the award, your HBA president should sign the award and then put it in the frame.
The Lake Norman HBA University now offers the NCBI Accreditation Program, as part of their program of classes! No longer will you have to drive to Raleigh for your NCBI designation courses. Classes are being held at Mitchell Community College in Mooresville, NC, on a monthly basis. The cost for HBA members is $180 per 8 hours and $95 per 4 hours. Upon completion, builders receive this prestigious designation not only with NCBI, but also with the North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors.
Anytime you take a Builders University class at your local HBA, you can earn North Carolina Builder Institute (NCBI) credit, too. Credit applies toward AA and AB designations.
Builders Mutual Insurance Company's risk management experts bring the latest safety solutions and risk management programs to you through Builders University classes. You may even qualify for a Builders Mutual insurance discount by attending and becoming Fall Protection Certified. View the Builders University schedule, and reserve your spot. Seating is limited, so register today!
Congratulations to the Wilmington-Cape Fear Home Builders Association Sales & Marketing Council for receiving the National Association of Home Builders First Place Membership Award given by the National Sales & Marketing Council. The award recognizes the WCFHBA Sales & Marketing Council for recruiting the most new members (18) for HBA Group Size 2 (50-99 members) during the National Membership Day competition earlier this year. Photo: Mark Johnson of Mark Johnson Custom Homes accepts the award from Frank Wiesner, 2009 NCHBA President, on behalf of the WCFHBA. Johnson is currently the chairman of the Sales & Marketing Council. Note: this article corrects information from last week's Monday Morning Briefing. 
